Vivaldi - Bajazet / D'Arcangelo, Daniels, Ciofi, Genaux, Mijanovic, Garanca, Europa Galante, Biondi [Includes Bonus DVD]

Vivaldi - Bajazet / D'Arcangelo, Daniels, Ciofi, Genaux, Mijanovic, Garanca, Europa Galante, Biondi [Includes Bonus DVD]

Vivaldi - Bajazet / D'Arcangelo, Daniels, Ciofi, Genaux, Mijanovic, Garanca, Europa Galante, Biondi [Includes Bonus DVD]
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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Fabio Biondi
Orchestra: Europa Galante
Performer: David Daniels
Performer: Elina Garanca
Performer: Marijana Mijanovic
Performer: Vivica Genaux
Performer: Patrizia Ciofi
Performer: Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Music Label: Virgin Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante Molto
  3. Allegro
  4. Recitativo: Prence Lo So: Vi Devo
  5. Aria: Del Destin Non Dee Lagnarsi
  6. Recitativo: Non Si Perda Di Vista
  7. Aria: Nasce Rosa Lusinghiera
  8. Recitativo: Principe, Or Ora I Greci
  9. Aria: In Si Torbida Procella
  10. Recitativo: Il Tartaro Ama Asteria
  11. Aria: Quel Ciglio Vezzosetto
  12. Recitativo: Or Si, Fiero Destino
  13. Aria: Vedeste Mai Sul Prato
  14. Recitativo: Non Ascolto Piu Nulla
  15. Aria: Amare Un'alma Ingrata
  16. Recitativo: Cosi La Sposa Il Tamerlano Accoglie?
  17. Aria: Qual Querriero In Campo Aramato
  18. Recitativo: E Bella Irene
  19. Aria: Non Ho Nel Sen Constanza
  20. Recitativo: Amico, Tengo Un Testimon Fedele
  21. Recitativo: Sarete Or Ostinato
  22. Aria: Anche Il Mar par Che Sommerga
  23. Recitativo: Gloria, Sdegno Ed Amore
  24. Aria: Stringi Le Mie Catene
Music CD 2
  1. Recitativo: Ah, Disperato Andronico!
  2. Aria: La Sorte Mia Spietata
  3. Recitativo: Signor, Vergine Illustre
  4. Aria: Cruda Sorte, Avverso Fato!
  5. Recitativo: Senti, Chiunque Tu Sia
  6. Aria: La Cervetta Timidetta
  7. Recitativo: Gran Cose Espone Asteria
  8. Aria: Sposa, Son Disprezzata
  9. Recitativo: Dov'e Mia Figlia, Andronico?
  10. Aria: Dov'e La Figla?
  11. Recitativo: Asteria, Siamo Al Soglio ...
  12. Quartetto: Si Crudel! Questo E L'amore
  13. Recitativo: Figlia, Siam Rei
  14. Aria: Veder Parmi, Or Che Nel Fondo
  15. Recitativo: Andronico, Il Mio Amore
  16. Aria: Barbaro Traditor
  17. Recitativo: Lascero Di Regnare
  18. Aria: Spesso Tra Vaghe Rose
  19. Recitativo: Eccoti, Bajazette
  20. Arioso: Verro Crudel, Spietato
  21. Recitativo: Signor, Fra Tante Cure
  22. Aria: Son Tortorella
  23. Recitativo: Signore, Bajazette
  24. Accompagnato: E Morto, Si, Tiranno
  25. Aria: Svena, Uccidi, Abbatti, Atterra
  26. Recitativo: Deh, Tu Cauto la Segui
  27. Coro: Coronata Di Gigli E Rose

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Free Music Review: Roll Over, George Frideric, and Tell Amadeus the News
Hit: 5 Stars

Vivaldi's opera Bajazet tells the same tale of love redeemed by a father's death as Handel's Tamerlane. I'd have to side with the Red Priest on his choice of titles; it's Bajazet, the Ottoman prisoner of Tamerlane, who drives the story. Otherwise, it's a toss-up as to which is the more glorious music, with Handel offering more pathos and Vivaldi more fury. Operas set in the Ottoman Empire were popular in the 18th Century, even in Venice, where the Turks had been feared and hate for hundreds of years. Mozart wrote his Abduction from the Seraglio at the tail end of this enthusiasm for the exotic. An interesting link exists between Vivaldi and Mozart. The role of Idaspe in Bajazet was sung by a young Florentine, Giovanni Manzoli. Idaspe is only a secondary character in the drama, but she is given spectacular muisc to sing in this 'pasticcio'; Vivaldi composed all of her arias especially for this opera, rather than recycling or borrowing arias from other works. Manzoli went on to have a 30-year successful career, and to sing the title role in the Milan debut of the boy Mozart's opera Ascanio in Alba.

Another linkage: the role of Tamerlane on this studio recording is sung by countertenor David Daniels. Just recently I heard/saw Daniels sing Tamerlane in Handel's opera, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, with Placido Domingo singing the role of Bajazet. It's tricky to compare a CD with a stage performance, but to my ears Daniels is much more successful in this Vivaldi than he was in the Handel. The problem was the total musical context in Washington, with a mixed cast of Baroque specialists and singers more experienced in Verdi and Puccini, and a modern instrument orchestra. Domingo brought his huge personality to the role of Bajazet and made the tragic figure emotionally potent, but honestly he couldn't navigate the florid 'passagi' typical of Handel's Italian operas. Thank the muses that he didn't attempt Vivaldi! This CD performance features the superb original instrumentation of Europa Galante, led by Fabio Biondi, and a cast of vocal athletes that can toss off Vivaldi's swarming arpeggios with avian grace.

The two-side box of Bajazet comes with a third disk, a DVD of studio footage of the recording sessions, featuring one aria by each of the principals. Honestly, it's a wonderful bonus. CDs of operas are inevitably mere hauntings. Seeing and hearing the characters, even in street clothes with the mikes in their faces, makes the task of assembling all those recitativos and arias into a coherent whole in one's musical mind a good deal easier.

Among the singers, for me the stand-out is Vivica Genaux, the mezzo soprano who sings Irene, the jilted fiancee of Tamerlane. In an opera where vocal display is the raison d'etre, Genaux wins the Gold. But there are no disappointments; all six of the principals are impeccable.

After decades of relegation to elevators and car radios during commute hours, the music of Vivaldi is finally gaining its rightful appreciation. Vivaldi was above all a composer of operas and other music for voices. Although so far only two of his 40+ surviving operas are available on DVD, excellent CDs of his best works are being issued almost every month. Along with recordings by Europa Galante, those by the ensembles Accademia Bizantina and Concerto Italiano are uniformly excellent.
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This stunner of an opera involves the proud sultan Bajazet (bass) and his battle with his bloodthirsty rival-tyrant Tamerlane (counter-tenor). More than 50 operas were composed on the subject. Here Vivaldi has composed all the recitatives and marvelous arias for the dignified, fine characters and used arias by other composers--Hasse, Giacomelli, Carlo Broschi--for Tamerlano and the nasties. The music is energetic and virtuosic throughout. Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante and soloists with urgent, theatrical precision, making the story come to life. The singing could not be better: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo is a remarkably sympathetic Bajazet, singing with fluency and power; David Daniels amazes as Tamerlano; Marijana Mijanovic sings the role of Asteria (Bajazet's daughter) with love and precision; and Viveca Genaux dazzles with her perfect coloratura as Irene. This is a treasure trove of singing, and a bonus DVD allows us to see/hear the performers in rehearsal. Highly recommended. --Robert Levine

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